Bitly is a URL-shortening service.It allows you to shorten, share and track links.This makes sharing easier.You can go to http://bit.ly website and type any URL and bit.ly creates a mapping to a much,shortened URL of the form http://bit.ly/18l5h, which is a simple HTML and redirector to the actual website. Some other examples are tinyurl, youtu.be and wp.me. One common trait of the short URLs is that they're just the host’s domain name + some random code or number.
Short URLs were pretty much mass popularized when Twitter was introduced.Twitter only allows 140 characters, so this shortening service is convenient to users who want to post more. The idea is simple, but convenient. Bit.ly offers a service that allows you to make your custom URLs, also.
Bitly is based in New York City and began as a project at Betaworks.
Ms. Mitchell
- Marri Mitchell
- I am a 4th year PR student, from the beautiful city of Tallahassee, Florida. I currently attend Florida A&M Universtiy. In life I have many goals, and I am currently acheiving one of them by obtaining my degree. I hope to continue to studying and working in PR and I'm considering grad school. I hope you are encouraged to read my blog posts!
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Team Social Media
Social media are defined as web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media monologues into social media dialogues. Social media have been modernized and are growing every day. They have become the new tool for businesses and are a popular networking device for the general public. Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are the most common sites used among today’s generation to socialize with friends and others. As of today, Facebook is dominating social media.
Because the term itself is so broad, a lot of the public are unaware that social media cover a range of websites. Some examples of social media websites include social bookmarking, wikis, social networking and social news. The main idea for social media is two-way communication. These sites allow you to interact with the site and interact with other visitors.
An assignment that was given to our class was to research any social medium and explain its usefulness. Although I am a big fan of social media and I use a lot of my social networking sites, I didn’t know about the majority of the social sites that were introduced in class. Bitly, which was my social media tool, is a URL- shortening service. It is mainly used for Twitter to shorten or condense your characteristics since you are limited to 140. It is convenient for those long URLS that no one wants to remember or type into the search engine.
As social media continues to grow, the world of communication will continue to change.
Posted by Marri at 9:39 PM
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Because the term itself is so broad, a lot of the public are unaware that social media cover a range of websites. Some examples of social media websites include social bookmarking, wikis, social networking and social news. The main idea for social media is two-way communication. These sites allow you to interact with the site and interact with other visitors.
An assignment that was given to our class was to research any social medium and explain its usefulness. Although I am a big fan of social media and I use a lot of my social networking sites, I didn’t know about the majority of the social sites that were introduced in class. Bitly, which was my social media tool, is a URL- shortening service. It is mainly used for Twitter to shorten or condense your characteristics since you are limited to 140. It is convenient for those long URLS that no one wants to remember or type into the search engine.
As social media continues to grow, the world of communication will continue to change.
Posted by Marri at 9:39 PM
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